New Gander Mountain also to house Camping World

Gander Mountain's new Cedar Rapids location will be a joint store with Camping World, the company's new owner indicated this week.

'I will have @GanderMtn store updates over the next two days. #CedarRapids will be a joint @CampingWorld @GanderMtn at the new location,” Camping World CEO Marcus Lemonis tweeted Tuesday night.

Lemonis, who also is the star of CNBC's 'The Profit,” has been tweeting updates about Gander Mountain's future for the past few weeks.

Gander Mountain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. Camping World Holdings purchased the company and Overton's marine and boat supply in May.

The bankruptcy filing came as Gander Mountain prepared to shutter its store in southwest Cedar Rapids and move to a newly constructed, 52,000-square-foot store on Blairs Ferry Road NE. That move was expected to happen in April or early May.

It's unclear when the new store will open. Cedar Rapids-based Hunter Cos., the developer of the shopping center the new Gander Mountain will anchor, did not respond to emailed questions last week. A spokesman for Gander Mountain also said last week he did not have new information.

Until Tuesday, updates on Gander Mountain's two Iowa stores - Cedar Rapids and Davenport - were scarce. Lists that Lemonis issued of stores closing and those remaining open did not mention either Iowa location.

Lemonis previously had said he intends to rebrand Gander Mountain as Gander Outdoors.

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